On this week's programme I am joined again by Dr. Karen Hammerness who is the Director of Edcuational research and Evaluation at the American Museum of Natural History. This week we talk about the Museum as a site for education, including teacher education and we hear about the innovative programmes the museum has in place for educating people in and about science. Among the topics discussed this week are:

On this week's programme I speak to one of the most prominent scholars of teacher education in the United States, Dr. Karen Hammerness. Dr. Hammerness is the Director of Educational Research and Evaluation at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, where I met up with her recently. She has conducted research into teachers' visions and into teacher education and these were the topics we discussed in this part of our interview. The specific points covered include:

What teacher education programmes can learn from each other

How clinical work is becoming part of teacher education

How to evaluate or “get to know” a teacher education programme

Preparing teachers for specific kinds of school settings

How she would design a brand new teacher education programme

How would you design a school that mentored novice teachers

How do you decide if a teacher is ready for independent practice in a classroom?